Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
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jnst 81 nasd Il I,.ll.s ~ &
[ried 10 tthat he lows islill
could GO to DIX : ii 1T oi,s
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|iailure, aid Woman to n1s ones 81,
writes Emily ,onto on a d tlse oled1''
Blade. 81
% a. not doubt his afsctionii - y.
Iasksd.
20, Isuppose he cares, but 10 nsper.
never tells mo 90, she replied, Withsa
passionates sort Of wall IN the tones "a.
her voice. Just 60 on week sitter,
week, eating and drinking, dressing
working and sleeping, and chat - al.
there's Of it. often think he would not
care if would pass entirely ont of his
life, for he never seems to notice what
I do, never speaks one tender word to-
me any moro. :,
And yet he did care; but II was SIM
ply a habit he had fallen into, and
unless shocked into realization Of
what he WAS doing, the days would go
on and on, and the conviction OF the
indifference would grow deeper and
deeper until the love would 20 out in
her heart for aye. And then it would.
be too late! i. E.sS
shall never forget the glow ofpleas-
ure that used to irradiate the plain,
stern face of a man knew, at some.
unexpected word OF fondness or ca
,ressing action, from the wife he
loved, whose only sin was omission
from sheer carelessness. And then,
suddenly, he folded his strong arms
across the stilled heart, and his ears.
were deaf to her voice, and her touch
had no power to awaken MIN to life.
Then how she regretted the lost op.
portunities.
This is the cruel cross OF life, to be. W
Full visioned only when the ministry s&
OF death has been fulfilled, and in the place
| OF some dear presence is but empty space
What recollected services can then -
Give consolation for the might have beenf
Surely the poet who wrote the lines
have quoted had q living realization
of the pain which "the silences" had
cost. 49,.
1t is not only those that are welded
that forget to keep the fires OF affec-
ton brightly burning by words and
deeds. The gay young girl, that
strong, vigorous youth, both full
of the luxury OF living that
| health and animal spirits give, Oft
times forget the loving word, the ten
der caress, to the mother whose heart
| has beaten all these years g. full meas
ure of hope and pride for their future.
| When you feel inclined to be careless,
| ., fair maiden and brave youth, and
| to give more of thought and care to
| those who havenot denied self for your
sake, as she has done, remember that
! the day is coming when you will
stand full visioned" beside her still
form, and thinking bitterly, if you
have a. heart, of the ''might have
| BEEN"
And yet it is not only young men
| and maidens who forget to make
home hearts glad by loving words and
tender actions. Nor is this careless.
ness confined to the home circles.
Friends hold fast to a reticence, so far
as expression is concerned, of their
kindlyfeelings oward each other. They
60 on week after week, meeting often,
conscious of the excellence OF which
they do not speak, full OF kindness OF
thought, which may sometimes, when
chance arises, be put into deeds, but
too often letting "silence'' multiply
| when it would be so easy and so
charming to break and to throw them
away.
| Be not chary of loving words to
dear ones, nor of pleasant, apprecia-
tive ones to those around you. It is
hard to tell what the influences may
be upon the future of the latter, even
though they be not of those whom
you have gathered into your hearts.
Faith in the present good, hope for
the future, courage to do and dare
these are all often inspired by chance
expression of kind appreciation that
costs the speaker absolutely nothing.
do not mean that we should over
flow with praises that are meaningless
or utter what is untruthful and mis-
leading, but that we shall be alert and
thoughtful, that no moment when
kind words may be spoken shall slip
by and leave them forever unsaid.
We are all too prone to take things for
granted, to live by each other day by
day and speak of myriad things, but
seldom say the full, sweet words that
would have brought gladness to the
heart and sunshine to the life of those
who may perhaps seem to have the
least need of our ministrations.
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